Alcohol And Blood Sugar

[Barrowbakers]

A little oddity. After a year I have my bs down to 5.7 to 6.2 (fasting). One the odd night like tonight I have 3 glasses of my favourite claret with dinner and my reading before eating was 6.5 but 2 hours after only 5.1. Have I found the miraculous cure for high blood sugar!!! Meal was braising steak, half a jacket potato loads of spuds and strawberries and cream. I find it odd that alcohol reduces bs so much

 

[JohnEGreen]

Liver can't deal with sugars and alcohol simultaneously and alcohol is the priority but it will get round to the sugars once the alcohol is dealt with.

 

[Guzzler]

The booze just causes a delay, though moderate amounts can take the edge off a spike.

 

[Barrowbakers]

Liver can't deal with sugars and alcohol simultaneously and alcohol is the priority but it will get round to the sugars once the alcohol is dealt with.

Thanks John! So I assume my blood sugar may well rise in middle of evening once alcohol has reduced. I’m not a regular drinker but occasionally, like after Sunday dinner like 3 glasses of wine

 

[JohnEGreen]

@Barrowbakers yes it is quite likely but can vary from person to person how long the effect will last, the only way to be certain is to test over a period of time and see how your BG changes.

Sorry I took so long to answer.

 

[Barrowbakers]

@Barrowbakers yes it is quite likely but can vary from person to person how long the effect will last, the only way to be certain is to test over a period of time and see how your BG changes.

Sorry I took so long to answer.

Thanks John no problem

 

[SaladDaze]

A little oddity. After a year I have my bs down to 5.7 to 6.2 (fasting). One the odd night like tonight I have 3 glasses of my favourite claret with dinner and my reading before eating was 6.5 but 2 hours after only 5.1. Have I found the miraculous cure for high blood sugar!!! Meal was braising steak, half a jacket potato loads of spuds and strawberries and cream. I find it odd that alcohol reduces bs so much

I have been noticing something similar recently, thanks to continually monitoring with Freestyle Libre. It seems that if I consume alcohol at around the same time as an evening meal, the expected spike doesn't materialise. On the other hand my bs stays a bit higher for the first few hours of sleep before dipping later in the night.

Yesterday I drank a bottle of zero-alcohol beer. It gave me a significant spike. So today, at around the same time and with a similar starting bs, I drank a bottle of normal 5% beer. No spike.

So tonight, in the interest of science, and it being a special occasion (eating out while being on on holiday) I selfessly volunteered myself to eat a delicious apple strudel with mango ice cream desert, whilst immunised with a very palatable white wine.

I haven't yet tested my post-prandial bs. Wish me luck.

 

[hankjam]

I have been noticing something similar recently, thanks to continually monitoring with Freestyle Libre. It seems that if I consume alcohol at around the same time as an evening meal, the expected spike doesn't materialise. On the other hand my bs stays a bit higher for the first few hours of sleep before dipping later in the night.

Yesterday I drank a bottle of zero-alcohol beer. It gave me a significant spike. So today, at around the same time and with a similar starting bs, I drank a bottle of normal 5% beer. No spike.

So tonight, in the interest of science, and it being a special occasion (eating out while being on on holiday) I selfessly volunteered myself to eat a delicious apple strudel with mango ice cream desert, whilst immunised with a very palatable white wine.

I haven't yet tested my post-prandial bs. Wish me luck.View attachment 28579

Some experiment, be interested to read the results later.
Wishing you luck.

 

[brassyblonde900]

I have been noticing something similar recently, thanks to continually monitoring with Freestyle Libre. It seems that if I consume alcohol at around the same time as an evening meal, the expected spike doesn't materialise. On the other hand my bs stays a bit higher for the first few hours of sleep before dipping later in the night.

Yesterday I drank a bottle of zero-alcohol beer. It gave me a significant spike. So today, at around the same time and with a similar starting bs, I drank a bottle of normal 5% beer. No spike.

So tonight, in the interest of science, and it being a special occasion (eating out while being on on holiday) I selfessly volunteered myself to eat a delicious apple strudel with mango ice cream desert, whilst immunised with a very palatable white wine.

I haven't yet tested my post-prandial bs. Wish me luck.View attachment 28579

That photo of the streudel is food porn at its glorious best.

 

[jonathanTHP]

A little oddity. After a year I have my bs down to 5.7 to 6.2 (fasting). One the odd night like tonight I have 3 glasses of my favourite claret with dinner and my reading before eating was 6.5 but 2 hours after only 5.1. Have I found the miraculous cure for high blood sugar!!! Meal was braising steak, half a jacket potato loads of spuds and strawberries and cream. I find it odd that alcohol reduces bs so much

Hi
There some mixed scientific evidence on that matter.
For T1 - evening alcohol consumption can lead to morning hypoglycemia (see for example - "Day After the Night Before - Influence of evening alcohol on risk of hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes" - I can't post the link so copy and paste it to google).
I see you are T2 so you may be glad to know that there is some scientific evidence that this may be good for your glucose level (see - "Glycemic effects of moderate alcohol intake among patients with type 2 diabetes: A Multi-center, randomized clinical intervention trial" - I can't post the link so copy and paste it to google)
This is by far not a complete literature review and as I said - there is contradictory evidence. Probably has a lot of variance between different people as well. It is a good thing to check for yourself.
best,
J.